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HebrewH1559Proper Noun (Masculine)

גָּלָל

ga.lal

3Occurrences
H1559Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Galal, the name of two Israelites

from H1556 (גָּלַל), in the sense of H1560 (גְּלָל); great;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Galal = "influential" 1) a Levite, one of the sons of ) a third Levite, son of Jeduthun

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גָּלָל appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 9:15BSB

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

1 Chronicles 9:16BSB

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun;and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

Nehemiah 11:17BSB

Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.